Graduate Certificate - Asymmetrical Warfare

Asymmetrical Warfare Certificate
18 Semester Hours

Not open to students who elect this as concentration in the MA in Military Studies

Upon completion of this certificate students will be able to:

Discriminate "unconventional operations" within the larger scope of high-intensity conventional warfare and debate how asymmetry is applied within the New Strategic Reality.Explain the application of special operations forces and their preparedness to deal with an adaptive, cunning, and typically asymmetric enemy.
Analyze the history and missions of special operations forces and role within the asymmetric warfare environment.
Analyze the origins and most common elements of insurgency and revolution using theories and frameworks and evaluate specific groups of insurgents, terrorists, and revolutionaries.
Assess joint warfare and its future in light of technological advances, the information age, non-state military threats, rogue regimes, and clashes of culture between regions.



	MILS514 - The Making of Strategy MILS570 / LC551 - Seminar in Asymmetrical Warfare MILS571 / NS515 - Special Operations and National Policy MILS572 / LC552 - Special Operations Forces Application MILS583 / LC513 - Insurgency and Revolution MILS620 / LC505 - Studies in Future War

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American Public University System (APUS) is regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association and nationally accredited by the Accrediting Commission, Distance Education and Training Council.